Page 8.--16th August, 1769. Joseph McClung and Margaraet, of the Cowpasture, to Thomas McClung, planter, £__, 93 acres on Cowpasture, John Moore's land, in possession of John Moore. Teste: James Crockett, James Stevenson, John Jameson.

1 May 1782 - Greenbrier Court Orders - William Fullerton, Plaintiff Agst. Thomas McClung, Defendant. In Case, Joseph McClung comes into Court and undertakes for the Defendant that in Case he shall be cast in this suit he shall satisfy and pay the consideration of the Court or render his body to Prison in execution for the same, or that he the said Joseph will do it for him. [Greenbrier County Order Books, Vol A-C, 1780-1797, Ancestry.com]

21 May 1782 - Greenbrier Court Orders - Agnes Fullerton by William Fullerton her next friend, Plaintiff Agst. Joseph McClung and Jane his daughter, Defendants; In Trespass Assault & Battery. James Byrnside comes into Court and undertakes for the Defendants as in the next above. [Greenbrier County Order Books, Vol A-C, 1780-1797, Ancestry.com]

20 June 1782 - Greenbrier Court Orders - Jane McClung an Infant by Joseph McClung, Plaintiff, Agst. David McCay Defendant; In Case. On the motion of the Defendant a Commission is awarded him to examine and take the deposition of John McCaslin de bene efse, he giving the Plaintiff legal notice of the time & place of taking the same. [Greenbrier County Order Books, Vol A-C, 1780-1797, Ancestry.com]

22 August 1782 - Greenbrier Court Orders - William Fullerton, Plaintiff Agst. Joseph McClung, Defendant; In Case for Sland.; The Jury Sworn yesterday to try the Ipue [?]in this Cause returned into Court & upon the Oaths do say that the defendant Joseph McClung is guilty in manner & form as the Plaintiff against him hath complained, and they do assess the Plaintiffs damages by occasion thereof to Two Pounds and one penny besides his costs. Therefore It is considered by the Court that the Plaintiff recover against the said Defendant his damages aforesaid in form aforesaid assessed and his costs by him about his suit in this behalf expended. And the said Defendant in Mercy, & c. [Greenbrier County Order Books, Vol A-C, 1780-1797, Ancestry.com]

22 March 1783 - Greenbrier Court Orders -

William Fullerton, Plaintiff Agst. Joseph McClung, Defendant; For Assault & Battery. By agreement of the parties, It is ordered that this suit be discontinued.

Agnes Fullerton by William Fullerton her next friend, Plaintiff, Agst. Joseph McClung and Jane his daughter, Defendant. For Battery. Ordered that this suit be continued at the Costs of the Defendant. [Greenbrier County Order Books, Vol A-C, 1780-1797, Ancestry.com]

1783: Only two men in the 1783 Sinking Creek neighborhood were taxed for slaves – Joseph McClung (one slave), and Andrew Donnally (nine slaves). In the Muddy Creek community, five men were taxed for slaves – William Feamster (two slaves), William Morris (three slaves), Samuel McClung (two slaves), Thomas Kincaid (one slave), and John Wilson (two slaves). Cattle and horse ownership were much more common and dispersed across the two communities, with Sinking Creek farmers owning between zero and 25 cattle, with a mean of seven cows, and zero to 20 horses, with a mean of seven horses. The larger horse owners in Sinking Creek included Andrew Donnally (15), James Donnally (20), John Flinn (15), James Hughart (18), Joseph McClung (20), Thomas McClung (13), James McCoy Jr (13), William McCoy (15), and John Patton (11). The larger cattle owners included most of these same men plus William Cavendish (15) and William Fullerton (12). Muddy Creek farmers owned a similar range of zero to 24 cattle and zero to 20 horses, with a mean of five cattle and six horses. The larger horse owners were James Jarrett (13), Michael Keeny (14), Thomas Keeny (10), Samuel McClung (20), and James Patterson (10). Large cattle owners included most of these same men plus William Hamilton (22), Martin Keyser (24), Peter Shoemaker (13), John Viney (16), William Morris (12), Thomas Carraway (12), Richard Humphries (15), and Conrad Yocum (22). West Virginia Culture website

16 September August 1783 - Greenbrier Court Orders - William McCoy, Joseph McClung and Emas Williams are Appointed as in the next above [Overseers of the same Road] with the Tithables in Captain Hugh Millers Company.

17 August 1784 - Greenbrier Court Orders: On the motion of Agnes McClung and William McClung, administration is granted to them of the estate of Thomas McClung deceased, whereupon they made oath, entered into, and acknowledged bond, with George Clendenin and William Clendenin, their securities, in the sum of three hundred pounds, with condition according to law, and it is ordered that William H. Cavendish, William Mac Coy, and Joseph McClung, or any two of them, being first duly sworn before a justice of this County for that purpose, do appraise the slaves, if any, and personal estate of the said decedant, and return their appraisement thereof to the Court. [Greenbrier County Order Books, Vol A-C, 1780-1797, Ancestry.com]